Arthur Millers A View From the Bridge Essay -- Arthur Miller View Bri

Arthur Millers A View From the BridgeManliness, Hostility and Aggression are all all-important(prenominal) in A view fromthe bridge where Eddie Carbone unravels the main character he is alongshoreman working on the Brooklyn docks in New York.He tries to assert his status as the man in his household. He is veryhostile towards Rodolfo because he thinks he is a homosexual. Marcoknows Eddie feels this way roughly Rodolfo and is unhappy that Eddiefeels this way about a member of his family. This creates aggressionfrom Marco throughout the play and results in various conflictsbetween himself and Eddie in which Marco demonstrates his masculinityover Eddie this makes Eddie feel threatened and insecure.Eddie has many various things that he considers to be manly e.g. tobe a breadwinner. He feels that Rodolfo does not conform to his ideaof masculinity because of the way he cooks, cleans, sings and makesdresses. Which at the time of the play would not be considered to bethings done by a man .Eddie also has strong views about the way that Catherine be keep ups. Heshows this by criticizing the way she dresses and the way she behaveswhen he says your walkin wavy and youre still a baby. He feelslike she is still his little girl and he is unhappy that she isgrowing up so quickly. He is also unhappy with her job because of theneighbourhood it is in and he thinks she should stay at school forlonger. I think he disapproves of this not because of theneighbourhood, or the feature she should still be at school, but becausehe thinks she is still a baby and he should still be looking after herwhen she is perfectly open of doing it herself.Eddie behaves peculiarly when he asks Rodolfo if he can box whichlea... ...ead the drama A view from the bridge it was initiallyintended to be performed on the stage this would have made the playmore dramatic because the audience would feel like they are a part ofit. The setting would cause problems because it is constantly changingso the stage set-up would have to be skilfully done so as little timewas wasted as possible changing the set.We acted a tenuous part of the play in groups which helped us tounderstand why Arthur Miller had so many stage directions in thescript. It is because every little detail ask to be shown to revealthe authenticity of the play and to give it a feeling of what it wasactually like to be there.When we acted our scene from the play it was difficult to keep up withall the different stage directions but once we practiced it becameeasier and it made the scene look much more realistic.